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A New Proof of a Theorem of Lehmer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

J. B. Roberts*
Affiliation:
Wesleyan University Middletown, Conn
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In 1851 Prouhet (2) stated that any bk+1 consecutive positive integers (b a positive integer ⩾ 2) can be separated into b sets o, …, b-1 each with bk members in such a way that where designates the sum of the tth powers of the numbers in j. In 1947 Lehmer (1) generalized this result.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1958

References

1. Lehmer, D. H., The Tarry-Escott problem, Scripta Math., 13 (1947), 37-41.Google Scholar
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3. Wright, E. M., Equal sums of like powers, Proc. Edin. Math. Soc, (2), 8 (1949), 138-142.Google Scholar